MUNGOS

Noun

mungos

plural of mungo

Proper noun

Mungos

plural of Mungo

Source: Wiktionary


MUNGO

Mun"go, n.

Definition: A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.

Note: Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded. Beck (Draper's Dict. ).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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